The Bechler River status hasn’t changed a lot since last week - but there is some good news.   

We had a buddy headed up the drainage last weekend - he changed his plans and headed for the NE corner, and everything over there blew out with the rains on Saturday.

Good news on two fronts, with our first week of cooler temps this season, water temps will be cooling down.  Secondly, though the Park has not posted an official statement on their web site - YNP has removed all restrictions on Park waters effective yesterday the 22nd.

The shops and guides we spoke today still aren’t running  trips back here due to the lower water and what has been a very hot summer, though you can taste fall in the morning air even here in Bozeman.

The overwhelming concensus is that for the bulk of the day you have two best choices for prospecting when the hatches aren’t active - a terrestrial dropper rig (hoppers, beetles and ants are working, generally smaller sizes) as well as a smaller hopper - dropper rig.  Standard nymph droppers will work, though most folks are using smaller bead heads (BH prince/hares ear/your favorite) and Lightning bugs.
 
Hatches working include primarily include PMDs (mostly early AM) and Caddis (mostly after 2 PM), there might be a few midges earlier in the day.

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Flies to Have in the Box

Dries:  PMX, red, yellow, black and lime; Parachute PMD;  Electric Caddis, olive; Emergent Spakle Pupa; Parachute caddis; X Caddis, olive, black; Poly Wing Caddis; Twisted Sister and Babies, yellow & red, chartreuse & tan/orange

Nymphs:  BHFBPT; SF PT; Copper John;  Caddis - Mangy, Pulsating/Electric, Super Pupas; Prince / MegaPrince / BH Prince; Lightning bugs, gold, silver;

Terrestials: Hoppers - Grand, Whit, Dave’s, Carnage, Kicking, Hoppinator; Beetles- Fire, Foam, HiVis, Sam’s;  Ants - Chernobyl, ParaAnt, black and cinnamon, CDC Flying ant, black, brown, cinnamon; Epoxy, same colors

Streamers / Other:  Black Bugger; Bow River Bugger; Girdle Bug; Orange/brown rubberlegs

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